When the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada concluded its work almost four years ago, it provided a road map for Canadians to follow. That road map, the 94 Calls to Action, aims to “revitalize the relationship between Aboriginal Peoples and Canadian society” after more than 100 years of the traumatic and systemic removal of Indigenous children from their families. More...
South African teachers switch languages in class: why policy should follow
If you step into a classroom in South Africa’s Limpopo province during a lesson, you’re very likely to hear the teacher speaking more than one language. She might begin a sentence in English, and then switch to Sepedi – the African language most commonly spoken as a mother tongue in the province. More...
That’s Sorted
By Barbara Fister. Information gerrymandering makes us all less likely to compromise – and that’s not good for democracy.
I was intrigued when I saw some coverage of a recent article in Nature that coined an intriguing phrase: information gerrymandering. The six authors come from disparate fields that are not ones I particularly follow on a regular basis – biology, economics, and environmental change. But their experiment adds an intriguing wrinkle to the more information-science and sociology-of-information circles where I tend to eavesdrop. More...
Summer Lessons
It's back to school time for many of us. Before the memories and lessons from the summer fade is a great time to reflect on Summer 2019 and plan for Summer 2020. Did you meet your summer goals? Which projects have been pushed into the fall and how will you find time for them? What lessons have you learned for managing expectations for next summer. More...
On Unacceptable Rooms
By John Warner. How many of you teach in rooms not conducive to learning?
Our classroom was too warm. More...
AI in Education Hype: Feel Like I've Seen This Play Before
By John Warner. A little bit of friction is necessary for learning. The emotion-reading AI chatbots have no useful purpose if education is going to live up to the meaning of the word. More...
It Isn’t the Cost of College That’s the Problem: It’s the Price
Getting Athletics off the Bench in Your Marketing
The International Graduate Student: First Steps
Tips for getting oriented as an international student. More...
Academic Anxiety, Our Old Friend
Three tips for seizing the semester by feeding your confidence and starving your angst. More...